Tag Archives: Beck
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REVIEW Beck and Phoenix take their ‘summer odyssey’ to L.A.
Beck performs at Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Aug. 7, 2023. Chas Alm/STAFF. LOS ANGELES — Beck and Phoenix brought their co-headlining Summer Odyssey tour to the Kia Forum on Monday, dazzling the crowd. Beck has been part of the music landscape for so long that it’s easy…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Gorillaz prepare a dispatch for the future on ‘Cracker Island’
Gorillaz, “Cracker Island.” Centuries from now, historians will be desperate for an artifact that conveys what life was like during the twilight of Western civilization. People in the distant future will need help understanding our era’s anxious ennui. Cracker Island, the new album from Gorillaz—Blur vocalist Damon Albarn’s musical…
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The 14 tours we’re anticipating most in 2022, starring Olivia Rodrigo
Clockwise from top right: Olivia Rodrigo, Shawn Mendes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chris Stapleton, The Weeknd, Dua Lipa, HAIM, Roger Waters, Tyler, The Creator, Billie Eilish, Lorde and John Mayer. After the pandemic canceled concerts in 2020, we crossed out fingers that our favorites would be rescheduled. Slowly, they’re…
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Our favorite concerts of 2021, starring Jon Batiste and Beck
Clockwise from top left: Jon Batiste, Beck, Run The Jewels, Tinashe, The Eagles, The Black Angels, Jayhawks, Lucy Dacus, Eyelids and Fred Armisen. Staff and courtesy composite. Concerts began returning in 2021 as artists cautiously hit the road, still balancing their safety and health with their livelihoods. Some of…
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REWIND: It’s Boss’ Day, so let’s strike and listen to pro-worker songs
The Ramones in 1976. Courtesy. Today is National Boss’ Day. (Assuming you’re reading this the day it publishes, which, I mean, why wouldn’t you be.) Which is ironic. There are so many strikes about to start in the coming days that it may turn into a general strike purely…
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REWIND: A decade ago, I thought these songs were worth putting on a CD
Angus Young of AC/DC performs during the Rock or Bust Tour at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 17, 2016. Courtesy BT PR. This past week… I left the house. After 14 long months I ventured outside and went up to South Lake Tahoe for a few…
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REWIND: Pearl Jam, Beck and other minimally objectionable Christmas songs
Pearl Jam performs at Oracle Arena in Oakland on Nov. 26, 2013. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. First off, yes, I’m doing the Christmas column nearly a week before Christmas. It’s the last pre-Christmas column. Blame the concept of time. Anyway, at the risk of going full Grinch on you, I can’t…
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REVIEW: Ty Segall does it all, finds new ways to refine his sound on ‘First Taste’
Ty Segall, “First Taste.” Ty Segall is a very busy man. The Laguna Beach garage rocker filled last year with Freedom’s Goblins, covers album Fudge Sandwich and his collaboration with White Fence, Joy. First Taste clarifies once again that Segall has yet to spread himself too thin, slathering on his brand of fuzzed-out, dirty…
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RIFF REWIND 2005: OK Go, Dropkick Murphys and Gorillaz
Look, you guys, my heart’s really not in this. My beloved Oakland Athletics just lost the Wild Card game to the embodiment of the stodgy joylessness of baseball’s establishment. I’m in the throes of a deep malaise from which I’ll likely never recover. I’m more ennui than man and…
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Joaquin Cabello and Shawn Robbins recap Outside Lands 2018 with photos
Florence and the Machine at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2018. Shawn Robbins. I can safely say that Outside Lands is the best large scale music festival running right now. Having been to my fair share of music festivals for about 10 years now, nothing beats…